LWN: Comments on "SUSE Studio for Linux appliances"

SUSE Studio for Linux appliances

mattb — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:26:25 +0000

We don't automatically include recommended packages during dependency resolution, whereas I think YAST pulls them in by default, which would explain why you see a difference when using patterns. If you click on the name of the package or pattern in the software tab, there's a button to add recommended and suggested packages.

SUSE Studio for Linux appliances

znmeb — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:56:06 +0000

I've been using SUSE Studio since I first got my account and I love it! I've built two projects with it already, and I expect to build more. The only issue I have with it is that the pre-defined patterns in the package selection menu, at least for openSUSE 11.1 appliances, are different from the same patterns in a fully-installed openSUSE 11.1 system. That is, if I select the Kernel development pattern, I get fewer packages in the appliance than I would if I selected that pattern on an installed system.

In any event, if you can get an invitation, I highly recommend it.

SUSE Studio for Linux appliances

filteredperception — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:07:01 +0000

As someone who has been working on their own hacky bash/qemu based fedora derivative appliance generator(viros.org) for years, I applaud what SuSE is doing here, though I see the following as problematic-

As a webservice instead of a local application, you do draw benefits, but I see scale as a problem. My non-mainstream opinion is that this kind of distro/appliance building/forking is something with a very wide appeal. I pursue the task, because I see what I'm aiming for, i.e. to abstract all modifications I make to a system I use or administer, into a set of modifications easily applied to the newest version of my distro, or another distro entirely. As a webservice requiring a VM per user, I see real scalability problems. Yet these scalability problems are solved if instead of a webservice, this is simply an app that comes with the OS, that users can run on their own system.

In any event, forgive me for this post, which is half a plug for my own project which is still after many years very alpha, and certainly for end users not in the same league as a polished project. I haven't been a SuSE user myself for many years, but I certainly do look forward to trying their solution out if and when they have it as a simple open source app that is part of opensuse. I'm really just an old-fogie who thinks that serious apps like word processors and appliance builders, work best on the local machine without requiring a connection to the internets.

SUSE Studio for Linux appliances

bferrell — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:50:21 +0000

I'm still waiting for the "promised" invitation to use it.

SUSE Studio for Linux appliances

paravoid — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:10:25 +0000

The interface is fancy; some of the technology behind it, especially wrt "Test Drive" is very cool. It's sad, however, that *everything*, from the RoR website to the libext2fs hack and the Flash KVM applet are closed-source.